relative lack

collocation in English

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relative
adjective
uk
/ˈrel.ə.tɪv/us
/ˈrel.ə.t̬ɪv/
being judged or measured in comparison with ...
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Examplesofrelative lack

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However, sometimes the problem can be therelativelackof demand for what traditional communities control.
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However, theirrelativelackof fear at times may lead them to respond with too much impulsivity.
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Finally, therelativelackof the use of complex tense forms needs to be noted.
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Some countries have a rather open system, with arelativelackof controls, while others have a more closed and controlled system.
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The first is therelativelackof change in the correlation structure of the preferred-direction response.
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What accounts for therelativelackin this subplot of the miscegenation anxiety that rules the main plot?
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But no such imposition is made when the state merely provides information, or when citizens acknowledge their ownrelativelackof information.
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One explanation for thisrelativelackof supportive tools is the underlying reasoning and analysis techniques implemented within many commercial and research software environments.
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Because of therelativelackof restrictions on the left, glottalling would quickly acquire a greater frequency of occurrence than t-to-r.
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In these cases, they may be used, with some functional modification of their primary meaning, to compensate therelativelackof birth songs.
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Therelativelackof outcome-related characteristics and components, although of some concern, is consistent with ideas around evaluation of systems and organization.
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The simple, uniform divorce agreement form used by parties in the rabbinical courts contributes to therelativelackof detailed legal custody and visitation arrangements.
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Since there is arelativelackof fetal ventricular compliance, the main determinant of cardiac function seems to be the right atrium.
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Another language-related problem in the book is therelativelackof attention to conversational data.
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The authors report ' arelativelackof interest and insight into work with this age group ' which they link to negative perceptions of later life.
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However, there has been arelativelackof studies investigating the relationship between selfesteem and outcomes in later life, particularly in adulthood.
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Despite concern about the institution'srelativelackof power, a relatively high number of cases are brought before the institution.
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This is understandable, given the state of the art - the computational limits of the computers and therelativelackof rich sound sources.
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